Innovation on display at UNIT exhibit

Updated 5:12 pm, Friday, August 2, 2013

A digitally printed blanket by Hillerbrand & Magsamen is among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store."

A digitally printed blanket by Hillerbrand & Magsamen is among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store."

Photo: Hillerbrand & Magsamen

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A digitally printed, hand-sewn baking mitt by Hillerbrand & Magsamen is among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store" at Gallery Sonja Roesch through Aug. 31.

A digitally printed, hand-sewn baking mitt by Hillerbrand & Magsamen is among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store" at Gallery Sonja Roesch through Aug. 31.

Photo: Hillerbrand & Magsamen

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Too bad there's no hardware inside: Tommy Gregory's etched iPhone sculptures are among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store" at Gallery Sonja Roesch through Aug. 31.

Too bad there's no hardware inside: Tommy Gregory's etched iPhone sculptures are among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store" at Gallery Sonja Roesch through Aug. 31.

Photo: Tommy Gregory

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Too bad there's no hardware inside: Tommy Gregory's etched iPhone sculptures are among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store" at Gallery Sonja Roesch through Aug. 31.

Too bad there's no hardware inside: Tommy Gregory's etched iPhone sculptures are among the works on view in UNIT's exhibit "What's in Store" at Gallery Sonja Roesch through Aug. 31.

Photo: Tommy Gregory

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Susannah Mira's "Installation (Component 2), " made of laser-cut plywood, is among works on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft's "In Residence" exhibit through Sept. 29.

Susannah Mira's "Installation (Component 2), " made of laser-cut plywood, is among works on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft's "In Residence" exhibit through Sept. 29.

Photo: Susannah Mira

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Robert Thomas Mullen's "Bethel Baptist Church Reliquary" brooch is among works on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft's "In Residence" exhibit through Sept. 29.

Robert Thomas Mullen's "Bethel Baptist Church Reliquary" brooch is among works on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft's "In Residence" exhibit through Sept. 29.

Photo: Robert Thomas Mullen

Innovation on display at UNIT exhibit

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UNIT, Ariane Roesch's online store for limited-edition prints, drawings, multiples and artist books, has popped into the big space at her mother's Midtown gallery. The brick-and-mortar exhibit "What's in Store" features innovative works that also will be available for a year via the website.

Meet the artists at the opening reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday. On view through Sept. 29 in the Artist Hall at 4848 Main, 713-529-4848, crafthouston.org. Free admission.

Citywide African American Artists Exhibition

You never know where the next art star will pop up, and summer's open-call exhibits offer those without the usual connections a chance to enter the fray.

Artist-curator Michael K. Taylor has given 47 finalists a leg up by choosing their work for the 17th annual Citywide African American Artists Exhibition, which is open to artists of the African diaspora 18 and older. The cash awards are nominal - from $150 to $500 - but three winners, who will be announced Aug. 23, also will receive full scholarships for a studio art class at the MFAH Glassell School of Art.

On view through Aug. 25 at the Glassell School of Art, 5101 Montrose, 713-639-7300, mfah.org. Free admission.